History of bobbie gentry
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Bobbie Gentry
Greenwood in Leflore County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2014
1. Bobbie Gentry Marker (Front)
Bobbie Gentry. . , Front , Born Roberta Lee Streeter in Chickasaw County (1944) and spending her childhood here, Bobbie Gentry brought the accents, sounds and images of Delta life into scores of haunting songs she wrote and records she made, to become one of the most influential country and pop artists of the 1960s and ‘70s. With her phenomenal Number One hit “Ode to Billie Joe” and complex, innovative albums such as The Delta Sweete, she brought the sultry musical flavors of Mississippi country to the world., Rear , Bobbie Gentry Although in interviews she granted, Gentry gave her birth name as Roberta Lee Streeter and the year as 1944, she was actually born on her family’s Chickasaw
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By Tara Murtha
Rolling Stone Magazine/Aug. 21, 2017
How the singer-songwriter who knocked the Beatles out of the Number One spot 50 years ago quietly revolutionized country music
July of 1967, Capitol Records released “Ode to Billie Joe,” a spooky wisp of a song by an unknown artist named Bobbie Gentry. Industry wisdom said “Ode” was too dark, too long, too different to get played on the radio.
It was a smash hit. With no special promotion, the song unexpectedly climbed up the charts past the Doors, Aretha Franklin and the Beatles, ultimately knocking “All You Need is Love” out of the Number One spot. By August, the mysterious tale of Billie Joe McAllister jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge was ubiquitous, the inescapable sound of the darkening days of the so-called Summer of Love.
“That nice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today,” Gentry sang. “Said he’d be pleased to have dinner on Sunday/Oh, by the way said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Ch
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Bobbie Gentry
American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Bobbie Gentry | |
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Gentry in a publicity photo for Capitol Records in 1969 | |
| Born | Roberta Lee Streeter (1942-07-27) July 27, 1942 (age 82)[1] near Woodland, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Known for | "Ode to Billie Joe" |
| Spouses | Bill Harrah (m. 1969; div. 1970)Thomas R. Toutant (m. 1976; div. 1978)Jim Stafford (m. 1978; div. 1980) |
| Children | 1 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1966–1982 |
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Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942)[1] is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first kvinnlig artists in America to compose and produce her own material.[3][